The Internationalization of Critical Theory by John Abromeit

The Internationalization of Critical Theory by John Abromeit

From Walter Benjamin in Argentina to Theodor Adorno in Japan, this collection brings together leading scholars of Critical Theory to examine the impact of the Frankfurt School across global histories of the 20th century.

Featuring essays on Critical Theory's role in Brazil during dictatorship and redemocratization; the influence of Herbert Marcuse in Pinochet's Chile; the politics of Critical Theory in South Korea and intellectual relationships across Yugoslavia, Germany and the United States, the chapters in this volume consider how social, political, historical and intellectual conditions shaped local receptions of the Frankfurt School, and how the School's key thinkers in turn helped to transform these conditions.

Guided by Max Horkheimer's seminal distinction between critical and traditional theory, in which Critical Theory is distinguished by its self-reflexivity and awareness of its location within a larger social totality, The Internationalization of Critical Theory offers a groundbreaking reflection on Critical Theory at an international scale. Tracing the legacy of the Frankfurt School across Latin America, East Asia, Europe and North America, this volume offers new insights into the intellectual histories of both Critical Theory and global politics.

This collection of essays fills a huge gap in Frankfurt School scholarshipFocusing on the reception of the Frankfurt School outside of Germany, it provides a long-awaited supplement to Martin Jay’s path-breaking study of the School’s early history, appropriately ending with Jay’s own retrospective glance backward at the School’s emergence as a global phenomenon. Given the impact that the Frankfurt School has had on diverse national and regional audiences, the contributors to this volume emphatically testify to the multifaceted international and intersectional power of this intellectual tradition.

John Abromeit is Associate Professor in the Department of History at SUNY, Buffalo State, USA.

Luiz Repa is Professor of Philosophy at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Rúrion Melo is Professor of Political Science at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

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ISBN 13	9781350498983
ISBN 10	135049898X
Title	The Internationalization of Critical Theory
Author	John Abromeit
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2026-08-20
Number of pages	376
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